Gone are the days when Chief Procurement Officers only managed day-to-day procurement activities; CPOs are now strategic power players in their organisations. They are responsible for developing long-term partnerships with key suppliers, managing risks, driving innovation and digital transformation, and being a valuable asset to the company’s overall strategy. At…
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Effective procurement is a journey. From spend analysis and data categorisation through to compliance, contract management and opportunity analysis, there are stations along the way where we can stop, get off and use what we’ve learned up to that point. But if you want to put into action every scrap…
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We could blame the pandemic, or high inflation, or world events wreaking havoc on global supply chains. But the simple fact is, reducing costs will always be a high priority for every organisation, no matter what’s happening externally. And one of the best ways to achieve this is by mobilising…
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We need more participation from SMEs and minority-owned businesses in public procurement; the benefits are simply too great to ignore. With infrastructure spending at all levels of government set to remain strong for the coming years, there’s an opportunity that can’t be missed. But how serious is the government about…
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An event as profound and far-reaching as the COVID-19 pandemic was always going to affect how we see things. For employees, this has meant looking around at their organisation and wondering if this is where they want to be. October 2019 saw a 26% jump in the number of employees…
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All procurement teams need to ask themselves a question: are we getting any better at responding to disruptive events? Over the past decades, we’ve had plenty of practice. Climate change is intensifying weather events all over the globe, leading to more devastating bushfires, tsunamis, floods and droughts. In the background,…
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If information is power, then procurement occupies the throne, sitting as it does at the confluence of huge streams of data that flow between the company and its partners and stakeholders. Having access to all this information, however, is not the same thing as understanding it. If organisations want to…
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The modern supply chain is a beast, operating on a ‘just-in-time’ basis at a large scale. This fast and loose style works well when things are going smoothly and predictably, but when disaster strikes – like a pandemic – the vulnerabilities can no longer be ignored. The best way to…
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